Book Challenges for 2013

Read Les Misérables in French

Like many others, I wanted to read Victor Hugo’s classic work as soon as I saw Les Misérables in theatres. I’m giving myself an extra challenge though. I want to read the tome in the original French. In a previous post I wrote about my desire to read in my second languages and this is the perfect opportunity to do so. The book is so long that the ebook version I downloaded is split into 5 parts. Hopefully I’ll be done by the end of the year!

Heritage Reads

As a spin-off of the POC reading challenge, I want to take a “heritage” reading challenge. This year I plan to read books by writers who (by my arbitrary estimation) share my heritage. My goals are below:

• 10 Haitian writers
• 10 Caribbean writers
• 10 African Writers
• 10 Latino writers
• 5 South Asian writers
• 5 Native/Aboriginal writers 
• 5 East Asian writers

To-Read Pile

Of course I hope to finish off my to-read pile but let’s be honest: it has grown tremendously since my last count. My first goal is to tackle the unread books on my bookshelf (about 70). Next I'll read the books on my Kobo (about 10). Finally I’ll whittle away my Goodreads to-read list (about 80). Hopefully there’s enough overlap between the two to keep things manageable. 

What are your reading challenges for 2013? Any suggestion to help me meet mine?